
So, how do people working in music know who's signing who, what those pesky record labels are up to, what the latest download whatnot is, who is moving and shaking, who is spending and saving, who is planning and scheming, or, for that matter, what Pete and Amy and Britney are up to? Simple, they read CMU Daily, the UK music business' biggest and most popular daily news bulletin. Now you to can get the lowdown from Team CMU, here on the CMU-Blog. You'll find even more at www.thecmuwebsite.com
Posted Tue 24 Mar 2009 12:08PM GMT
Now, I should start by saying that this story is based on quotes from an unnamed source who spoke to The Sun, but reportedly Island Records aren't happy with songs Amy Winehouse wrote in St Lucia for her third album. Apparently the heavily reggae-inf More »
Posted Tue 24 Mar 2009 12:05PM GMT
As expected, the prosecution began its closing arguments in the second Phil Spector murder trial yesterday. According to Reuters, Prosecutor Truc Do revisited the various stories of incidents whereby Spector had pulled a gun on other women during his More »
Posted Tue 24 Mar 2009 12:02PM GMT
Talking of government agencies to police online piracy, mobile and internet firm Orange are not thrilled by the idea of such an agency being launched here in the UK. As previously reported, some sort of independent body to monitor the protection of i More »
Posted Tue 24 Mar 2009 11:54AM GMT
The New Zealand government has backtracked a little on its controversial three-strike law, though says it remains committed to hardline measures to combat online piracy.As previously reported, New Zealand were the first country to make the three-stri More »
Posted Mon 23 Mar 2009 12:03PM GMT
According to Music Ally, it's thought that the much previously
reported dispute between royalty collecting society PRS For Music and
YouTube has come about because the former wants to move from a lump sum
system to a per-stream system, which seems More »
Posted Mon 23 Mar 2009 12:00PM GMT
The members of Late Of The Pier reportedly got into a fight with
bouncers at Austin's Cedar Street Courtyard on Friday. The band were
performing a SxSW gig at the outdoor venue when staff switched off the
power because they thought that the set ha More »
Posted Mon 23 Mar 2009 11:59AM GMT
At another SxSW panel, regarding that holy grail, finding a way to
monetize P2P, there were mixed opinions on both the viability and
desirability of finding a way to make file sharing pay - most probably
by charging a file sharing levy onto ISP bi More »
Posted Mon 23 Mar 2009 11:56AM GMT
So, over six years have passed since actress Lana Clarkson died
from a gun shot wound at Phil Spector's Beverly Hills mansion, and this
week, for the second time, lawyers for the prosecution and the
legendary producer's defence will sum up their a More »
Posted Fri 20 Mar 2009 12:15PM GMT
Green Day's Billie Jo Armstrong has been talking about his band's
upcoming new album '21st Century Breakdown'. The LP has a political
theme, as you might expect, and the frontman has explained that the
record aims to encourage people to be politic More »
Posted Fri 20 Mar 2009 12:13PM GMT
For every Leona Lewis there's a, well... a... well... the point is
that for every 'X-Factor' winner that goes on to be a globe-trotting
record-breaking pop sensation there's another victor on the ITV talent
show that disappears into obscurity so t More »